Cloth-holding pin.



No. 675,l95. Patented May 28, |901.

(Application led Dec. 5, 1900.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES HENRY CLEMONS, OF MORRISTOVVN, MINNESOTA.

CLOTH-HO SPECXFIGATION forming part of Letters LDING'PIN.

Patent No. 675,195, dated May 28, 1901.

Application filed December 5, 19 00. Serial No. 38,764. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY CLEMONs, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Morristown, in the county ofRice and State of Minnesota,have invented a new and Improved Cloth-Holding Pin, of which the fol=lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a pin adapted to hold cloth spread on theground to bleach the cloth in the sun, to which end the inventioncomprises a gripper for engaging the cloth` and a pin carrying thegripper and adapted to be driven into the earth.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of the invention, whilethe claims dene the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similarcharacters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the invention in use. Fig. 2 is asection of the gripper and the upper part of the pin. Fig. 3 is a planview with the head of the piu in section, and Fig. i is a rear elevationwith the spring in section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

a represents the pin proper, the head of which has an opening formedtherein by means of two cheek-pieces a', connected at their upper`ends-by a stud a2, which may be either integral with or secured in thecheekpieces.

The gripper comprises two jaws b and c, the Shanks of which are iittedbetween the cheek-pieces 'a'. The'shank of the jaw b has an inclined ribb' on its upper side, which is adapted to engage with the stud a2 tohold the jaws in closed position, as shown in Fig. 1, in which positionthe jaws engage the cloth to hold it. The rear end of the shank of thejaw b has a downwardly-projected stud b2 thereon, which ts into a recessc', formed in the rear end of the shank of the jaw c, thus forming ahinged connection between the jaws, such connection preventing the jawsfrom relative lateral movement. The jaws are normally thrown apart by aspring d, one arm of which engages the shank of the jaw b and the otherarm of, which engages the shank of the jaw c, said latter arm being heldThe spring by a cross-piece c2 on the jaw c.

has its intermediate portion coiled, as shown best in Fig. 2, and oneside of this coil is flat and is located in close proximity to the rearends of the jaws b and c. By this arrangement the jaws are moved about acenter approximately coincident with the center around which the ends ofthe spring d swing, so that in the swinging movement of the ends or armsof the spring the rear ends of the shanks of the jaws are heldpractically together as though they were hinged, such ends notseparating at any time, although the front ends of the jaws are widelyseparated from each other when the clamp is open, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A cloth-holding pin, comprising a pin properhaving an opening in the upper part thereof, two jaws fitted in theopening, one of the jaws having an inclined surface engaging one wall ofthe opening, for the purpose specified, and one of the jaws also havinga stud fitted in the recess in the other jaw, and a spring locatedadjacent to said stud and serving to hold the jaws open.

2. A cloth-holding pin, comprising a pin proper with an opening therein,two jaws tted in the opening, and a spring connecting the jaws andserving to throw them apart, the ends of the spring being respectivelyconnected with the jaws, and the intermediate portion of the springbeing coiled and one sideof the coil being dat and located adjacent tothe ends of the jaws, for the purpose speciiied.

3. The combination of a pin having an opening in its upper portion, anda gripper formed of two jaws having hinged connection with 'each other,one of the jaws having an inclined surface adapted to engage a wall ofthe opening in the pin, whereby to move the jaws into active position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

` HENRY CLEMONS. Vitnesses:

JAMES HUNTER, S. M. WEST.

